Account-register.



No. 891,344. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

s. KLEPFER. AGOOUNT REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 19110.31, 1907- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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'-PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

S. KLEPFER. ACCOUNT REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED 1330.31, 1907.

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In van/i673 S ZomonKZ UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

soLoMoN KEEPFEK, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA;

ACCOUNT-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .ru ess, 190s.

s imu siea n me 31, 1907'. Serial No 4 8,784.

To all what it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON"KLEI FER, a'.

-'citiz'en of the United States, residing at In:

said leaves or sheets withinfthe cabinet to permit them to be,- readily-removed or changed The object also isto provide a cabinetor case with hinged sides, front, and'top, wheresaid parts may be'folded back to permit b oi ready access to the account sheets. .25

j vide a simple and dura Another object of mg invention is to prole and also easily 0 erable means for receiving and holding t e invoice copies, and the furthenob'ectis to simplify the construction and ren er it efii,-

cient by su'ch'means as will hereinafter be fully described and pointed out in the ap pended claims.

I accomplish by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichpore ective .view of the out? Figure 1, is a ca met; F1 2 a perspec-.

side of my close i tive view of the cabinet opene out ready for use, but with the leaves or sheets closed; Fi .3, afront pers ective view of-the open a cabinet with the s eets 0 en at about the middle of their number;

4, a vertical section on the line 4-4 of side view of one of the sheets remove from the cabinet; Fig. 6, a vertical section of Fig. Q 5, on the line 66 of the latter; Fig. 7 a detail in vertical-section of the base which holds thehinged sh ets,and Fig. 8, a'detail of the lower portion of a sheet, n section showing the su ports for the invoice clamps and. one of sai clamps in working position.

Like characters of reference indicate likeparts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

the objects. of the invention 9 are the invoice duplicates which it is the purpose of this invention to file ma manner for convenient reference, and 10 are the sheets or leaves carrying the involce filing devices which will hereinafter 1 be described. The sheets 10 are made of strong durable material,

preferably sheet metal, and will have their.

inner edges bent around a wire'j12, the ends {of whichwire are made-to project beyond the limits of the sheet1at the to and bottom -.of the latter as clearly shown'in ,igs. 4 and 5. These wire pro'ections are to enter holes or sockets in suital) leportions of a case or cabinet'in. which the sheets" will be-kept for con-' venient daily use; 'Thiscabinet, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, comprises a basel,

includes a portion superimposed on said base, with fixed back but hinged sides, front,

and top. The fixed back is represented at 16.

-. 17 is a'false bottom of the-cabinet, below which is a sliding shelf 18 which is adapted to be drawn out in front of the cabinet as a sa1 shelf and folding front together form- 19 is a horizontal partitionbetween t e shelf 18 and the drawer 15.

Extending transversel of the, false bottomj17' adjacent 'tothe ack 16, is the bar 20, here shownas, made 'of woodbut other material maybe used, and in the top of this su 'c lpor-t for the folding front of the latter, the] i'n a-table or desk for the support of the in--' volces while the latter are being written 11*}:

preferably having a drawer 15 :fcr holdinginvoice blanks and other supplies. It also baris a longitudinal row of sockets or holes 21 to receive the lower-projecting ends of wires 12 ofthe respective sheets 10. Each hole 21'has a groove 22? leading into itfronr of the 'wire"12 above thefto 0f the bar for insertion into the socket. "s groove-maybe-omitted ifdesired. v

the front of the barfor the pur oseof directlngthe end of wire1-2' into t e'socket and I also to avoid the necessity of lifting the-end Secured in a rigid manner to the to i of the back 16 is the fixed portion 21* oft e cabi net .to and to the underside of the part 21 j and a so to the'back 1'6, is secured the trans-J verse-"bar 22. The latterhas an under-side longitudinal row of holes 23 corresponding in number and position withjthe holes 21 of the bar 20. The holesji'23 are to receive :corf responding v sheets 10, an are deieg enough to allow-the wire to be raised su cientlytol-permitists lower end to reach and enter the'socket 21in the bar- 20- below.

It will be noted-se 4),\t-hat the holes 1 of the holeg in the bar 20, and that thereby" in the top bar 22 are considerably to the rear the sheets are elevated at their outer edges. The purpose'of this is to cause the sheetsor leaves to remain open by gravity-whenever and wherever a set of them are opened. (See Fig. 3). i

1 25' represent permanent side portionsof the cab net for inclosing the reglster sheets when the latter are not in use. The front edges of these portions are obhque to corres ond with canted positions of the register tions 26 are hinged to corresponding e ges of the parts 25, and the, sections 27 are hinged to'the sections 26. The sections 27 swing out and back and then both sections.

"27 and -26 swing on the hinges between sections 25 and 26 until the free edge of 27 contacts with the stop 30; then the sections 27 and 26 are arrested in positions shown' in Figs. 2 and 3, wherein they form stops to' ar rest the leaves 10 when the latter are opened.

The permanent top 21 has a sectlon 31' hingedto it to permit the latter to fold back on 21, and the section 31 has a hinged section 32 which restsupon the section 31 when the cabinet is opened up in full. tions 31 and 32 of the top have under side grooves 33 to embrace the top edges of sides 26' and 27, and also the front section 34. The section 34 is hinged to the section 35 and is folded under the latter when the cabinet is opened to afford access to the register sheets.

36 are hooks for fastening the front members to the to and sides of the cabinet.

I will now escribe the manner in which the copies of bills or invoices are attached for filing, to the metal sheets 10[ Secured to each side of each of said sheets 10, are metal angle-bars 37. vOne of these bars is attached adjacent to the bottom of the sheet and another at or near the middle of the 1 sheet so as to resent one member of each bar at right ang es to the sheet This-memher at right angles forms a shelf or platform upon which the invoice co 'ies will be su ported, and it also affords t e means for t e attachment of spring-wire clamps for retain ing the invoice co ies on the shelves. That member of anglear. 37 which is fastened to the sheet 10 may be secured in any suitable manner, that shown in the drawing being by means of rivets 38. Each bar 37 is adapted to hold. two spring-clamps, as shown, and each spring-clamp 1s intended to hold copies of invoices or bills issuedto a single customer or account, It will thus be seen that each side of each sheet will holdfour accounts, and the sheets will be appropriately indexed at their u per and outer corners, as shown, and enoug of eachsheet of a set or are separate sections or mem- The sec- 2 series isexposed when the'set is opened, to

account to beimmediately ocated.

, In attaching the spring clamps, two

he required, one hole for each of the, two

43. The legs42 and 43 are crossed joined together at'their tops by means of the such as. to bring their connecting bar 44 well up toward the tops .of the invoice slips- 911i order to more securely hold'the slips in place. It will be noted-that the leg which starts from of the sheet (Fig. 5), or leg 42, is placed the other leg 43, where they cross. This is done purposely to keep the legs. from sepa s movingonadding a new bill, which operation is usually accomplished by'the operator taking holdof the upper left hand corner of the clamp. The desired pressure is obtained in I the spring clamps by bending the feet 40 in toward the sheet 10 so as to develop torsional strain in the horizontal members 41. This .is'best illustrated in Fig. 8'. p

46 indicate slots near the inner edges of the sheets for the reception ofbinding tape when the. sheets are removed fromthe cabinet. This may be desirable when the merchant desires to place the sheets in a safe over night, or,at other times, or desires to take them home or elsewhere, for examination or safe-keeping.

As shown in Fig. 5, the invoice slips are provided'at the top with a date line in which the date of a transaction to berecorded on the slip is entered; below that is a line on which the name of the, customer is written, and generally below that is a line on which the customers address is entered. The'head with these items is set off from the rest of the sheet by a double rule. The sheet below the double rule is ruled .with single horizontal lines for the entry of items of purchase. The first horizontal line next' tothe double rule has the permanent designation Past Acct,

vacant for the entry of current items. At the right of the lower ruled ortion is -a double vertical rule and the vertical column thus set off is divided by a single vertical line into also vertical and the'column thus set off is and cents columns. In these columns entries are made in the usual way below the line desis made for the items newly entered on .this sli the total footing of the last preceding b' l of thiscustomeris copied into the column the end of the bar 44 nearest the outer eige' un er but the remaining horizontal lines are left dollars and cents columns. To the left of the vertical double rule, is a second double rule,

expose the index and thereb permit a given el s through the horizontal member of bar 37 will feet j40 of'each clamp. Horizontal members 41 of the clamp restupon the bar 27 and connect the feet 40 with the two le s 42 and, and are.

integral bar 44. The lengths of the legs are .35 rating when the clamps are swungout in re- 1 divided by a single vertical line into dollars ignated Past Acct, and before the footing on the PastAcctf line and this in with the'amounts of the new items. This total shows the customers total indebtedness, and forms the itemto be copied as Past Acct. onto the next invoice s11 at the nextpurchase by that customer.

oft e resent urchase. The original bill is hande with t e oods to the purchaser and the'carbon copy 1s filed in my improvedaccount register, above described, where it is ready for instant reference inmaking out the next invoice, or forany other purpose.

The above system of keeping accounts has been found to bevery accurate, simple'and satisfactory, but of course, needs to be in- 1 spected frequently or occasionally to correct omlsslons, overcharges or errors, and after an account has been inspected and continues to be a live account the mspectionis noted by] means of a slip of paper or card 50, on-which the name of the account is written, and which bears the word Inspected. This card leaves the last column of figures exposed for reference and use in making out later pur chase slips but covers the major portion of the invoice as shown in Fig. 5. It clearly indicates the place where" the inspection stopped and-does not interfere with new bus1ness. Havln what I c aim as new and wish to secure by' 3,5v in'the cabinet in a slightly bac Letters Patent,

1. In anaccount register, a cab1net, a plurality of sheets or leaves-swingingly mounted ward tilted position, folding cabinet sides adapted to r; of the cabinet, means to arrest t e folding swing out and form stops for the 0 en sheets T e slip shows the ast account, also the items and amounts thus fully described my inventionside's in position to support the sheets and net sides adapted to swing out and forn stops to arrest the open sheets so as to display the margins of each sheet, and means or removably securing invoices to the sides a of the sheets.

3. In an account register, a cabinet havin hinged sides and front adapted to be folded away to afford access to the inside of the cabinet, a plurality of sheets or leaves swingingly mounted in a substantially vertical position in the cabinet, and means for removably securing invoices to the sides of the sheets. s

4. In an account register, the combination with a sheet or leaf having perforated rightangled extensions or bars, of spring-wire clamps'having bent ends orfeet passing tl'iroughperforations of saidvbars, members integral with the feet extending longitudinally in contact with thebars and a air of crossed legs connecting the last name mem-" .bers with a parallel superimposed bar.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana,

this, 9th day of December, A. D. one thou sand nine-hundred and seven. f

' SOLOMON KLEPF R'. a

Witnesses: v I,

1 F. W. WOERNER, .L. B..WOERNER, 

